The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-08-11
MOREHEAD CITY.
THE UNPRECEDENTE SEASON
OF 1887.

THE UNPRECEDENTED SEASON
OF 1887.
The Summer Capital Crowded with
wealth, Beauty and Fashion from the
South.
Especial Cor STATE CHRoNICLE.1
ATLANTIC HOTEL, Morehead City, Aug
Sth, 1887. all the seasons that More
head City has ever known the present IS
The gayest, and the Summer CapitaP'
has gracefully worn the honors of that title,
which is as much real as fanciful. Away
back in June the season began and in fif
! teen days the Atlantic Hotel gave enter
tainnent to $50 guests. There was a
/ sort of lull afterwards. but for very few
daNs, AMI by mid-Juiy 500 people were
under the big roof again, cheating the hot
wave out of its victims. All through July
the house was packed and not until the
present month was there any diminution
of the numbers. The proprietors say that
since the Teachers Assembly dispersed
they have had over 1000 guests, so there
has been neat total of $3.50 people at
this resort in two months. This state
ment will doubtless surprise many people,
bat facts and figures always strike the
multitude.
MesSrS. Cooke & Foster Bros. the pro-
prietors of the Atlantic, who are among
the best known young men in the State.
last season kept the house and won a rep
utatiOn for themselves as landlords. They
have maintained this the present season,
and as a result have had regular bonan-
IA. The future of Morehead City as q
watering place is more than assured.
The Atlantic hotel, built at a cost of
some $40, 900 was sold last week under
an order of court for $1S.100 Three or
four syudicates were after it. 1t was de-
sired by some thai the Atlantic and North
Carolina road should purchase the proper
ty. 1t would have been a good invest
ment. y Memphis syndicate and an At
lanta Svrdcr'r wished to purchase, but
he sale Was made to North Caroinians.
\ Memphis man has since given notice of
the raising Of the bid ten per cent, in ac-
cordance with the laws governing such
matters, so the property may yet pass into
other hands.
The idea of Mr.. Carr and his syndicate,
who bought II, Is to eXpend many thou
sand dollars, to make a lawn, to extend
the hotel sOpnawardS, to put in electric
lights, to construct drive way, to have
steamer 10 run regularly, and to prepare
other attractions. With such additional
attractions Morehead cannot be surpassed
on the entire coast, and people can never
tire of it.
Y Memphian, Mr.. Vance, has bought
Bogue banks from Fort Macon twenty five
miles southwark. He gave only $5o1 for
this vast tract. and is now one of the
largest landowners in North Carolina. He
vii derive several thousand dollars anna
ally from the porpoise fisheries on the
banks. There are three of these and on
one lucky day last season one Of them cap
tured Il 900 worth of porpoises, so val
liable for oil and leather. Other Memphis
h1til 1Ilh hos
banks and on islands in the sound.
Western people. particularly those of
Memphis are charmed with Morehead
City, and hundreds have been there this
season. They are an important element
in the life of the place. Next season a
regular sleeping car service will be put on
between here and Memphis. That will be
a great feature. Georgians, particularly
from Atlanta and Augusta, are very fond
of this hotel al d make it real home for
the summer.
Moreh head City promises to be to the
South in Summer what Old Point is to the
North in Winter, for this resort is yet
but in its chrysalis stage. Not until this
season have its surprising merits and nat
ural attractiveness been duly recognized
1t is a sanitarium of the simplest and most
wholesome style, with the greatest posi-
bic amount of water. of breeze, of simplici
tv and comfort. That is the cause of its
popularity 1t has saved many lives this
summer, no doubt. There has not been a
single case of sickness worth mentioning
which developed in the house. That is a
pure ly practical proof.
There has been more beauty and wealth
in the hotel this season than ever before.
Miss Richardson, daughter of the late cot
ton planter whose product of the staple
was the largest in the world, was a belle
last month. Wit and beauty go hand-in
hand here and there is happy and charm
ing unconventionality which instantly at
tracts people used to the style and formal
ity of more pretenUions but far less pleas
ant resorts.
There have been balls and germans and
hops galore all through the season. Boat
parties and surf parties, &c., are special
attractions. Last week those dear, de-
lightful boys, Hal Worth and Walter Holt,
gave a sailing party on the schooner
Charles and went out to sea, A pleasant
day was spent off the bar and at Harker's
board were Mr. and Mrs. James A. Hughes,
of Memphis; Miss Mary Louise Yerger and
Mr. W. N. Yerger, of Greenville, Miss, :;
Miss Lucia Branch, of Nashville. Tennes-
see. Mrs. James T. Moore, of Salisbury, Miss
Sadie Cannon, of Memphis; Messrs. Mason
Romaine, of Petersburg; Walter Woollcott,
F. A. Olds and Ed. H. Lee, Raleigh
Charles B. Nelms, Baltimore
The season will be late one. Over
200 guests are here. The fishing and
shooting, both so attractive. are just now
commencing. August and September are
two Of the most gracious months.
The State Horticultural Society.
This society had pleasant and we'll at
tended meeting at Raleigh last week. The
following officers for the ensuing year
were elected: President, J. Van Lindley,
| of Pomona, secretary, S. Otho Wilson,
Vineyard; treasurer, J. A. Lineback, Salem.
| Vice -presidents-at large-Arthur B. Will
| liams, Fayetteville; 1st Congressional Dis
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